Brian Bertucci, 30

Brian Bertucci is tasked with helping integrate all the financial activities of companies acquired by Chesterfield-based Aegion Corp.

It’s no small job. Since Bertucci joined the company in 2007, it has made nine acquisitions, including its recent $150 million purchase of Brinderson LP, the largest deal in the company’s history. Aegion, which rehabs and repairs pipelines, reported 2012 revenue of $1.03 billion. Brinderson, which provides construction and engineering services for large oil and gas providers in California, reported annual revenue of $231 million.

“I am the one-stop-shop for these (acquired) companies’ finance needs,” said Bertucci. “When you come into a larger company, there can easily be things that slip between the cracks. My main role is to make sure that doesn’t happen and oversee the process.”

Bertucci is part of a six-member integration team that helps acquired companies transition into Aegion, handling everything from finance and human resources to operations and project management.

“The goal of the integration team is to bring those businesses together and allow us to grow organically by making all of our pieces add up to more than the whole,” Bertucci said.

Bertucci also is involved in the due diligence process when Aegion is evaluating potential takeover targets.

When he joined Aegion, Bertucci worked in internal audit for six months before moving over to a financial reporting role. He was named to his current position in May 2013.

“He started in a financial reporting role for us and immediately came in and made very, very positive changes to how we were doing things, and more importantly, demonstrated real leadership in taking on new responsibilities,” said David Martin, chief financial officer at Aegion.

An unusual career path brought Bertucci to Aegion. Prior to joining the company, he was director of basketball operations for Saint Louis University. After graduation, he went to work for Ernst & Young but still cherished the dream of working as a college basketball coach. After a year at EY, former SLU coach Brad Soderberg called him up and asked him if he’d be interested in interviewing for a position on his coaching team, which, of course, he was.